Bob

Although I was not a Marine, I did run with the Corps 4 times in the Marine Corps Marathon (the People's Race). I proudly sport my MCM emblems on my water bottle and my wife was so tired of my wearing my MCM T-shirts that she made them into a Quilt !!
You have hit the nail on the head brother. Us alpha males do not ever get a PEG if we can help it in any way as it is the one and only thing we can control. I have to tell you that passing the true Marines in the marathon was a real validation of who I am. Guys like me never got real medals so we made do with our imaginary PEG resisters medals. (Tip of the hat to Slim aka Wanda who first posted that there were no medals for us PEG resisters but did not fully appreciate the capacity of the male of the species to deceive itself plus award imaginary medals when we do something uber male like crush our doctors)
Semper Fi indeed.